The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conducts an Honorable Carry Ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickam, Hawaii, July 17, 2019. The Honorable Carry Ceremony of flag-draped transfer cases containing the believed to be remains of U.S. service members lost during the Battle of Tarawa marks the long-awaited journey back to American soil, and beginning of the painstaking process of identification to return these service members to their families.